With a repertoire spanning three centuries, Nancy Argenta has been hailed not only as one of the supreme Handel sopranos of our age but also praised for her performances of works by composers as diverse as Mahler, Mozart, Schubert and Schoenberg. She has performed with such renowned conductors as Ozawa, Gardiner, Pinnock, Hogwood and Norrington and with such orchestras as the Boston Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Toronto, Montreal and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. In opera, concert and recital she has appeared at many leading festivals including Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Mostly Mozart and the BBC Proms. Her discography of over 50 recordings includes Bach's St John Passion, B Minor Mass, Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio with Gardiner, Purcell's King Arthur and Haydn Masses with Pinnock and Hickox, Mozart's Requiem, Magic Flute and Don Giovanni with Norrington. Recent CD releases include Handel's Saul with Paul McCreesh (Archiv) and Handel's Resurrezione with the Combattimento Consort. Ms. Argenta last performed with the Handel and Haydn Society in Messiah during Grant Llewellyn's first season as Music Director.

Nancy Argenta appears in Handel's Rival Divas on March 25 and 27, 2005.

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